14 Quotes About Peace
The survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have made peace their number one priority. Did you know that school children in Japan take mandatory peace studies? Perhaps everyone ought to take such classes. This isn’t a class, but perhaps these quotes about peace will inspire some reflections and perhaps actions that will bring about a lasting peace. What Is Peace Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character. Baruch Spinoza Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. Elie Wiesel Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. Ralph Waldo Emerson Who Wants Peace? While there are those who speak of war as some necessary thing, there are those who have been victims of war, soldiers of war—and all they want is peace. Read their quotes about peace. Peace is our number one priority. Sachiko Matsuo 83, Nagasaki The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. Douglas MacArthur I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only […]